Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

”I see.”

Jiang Ding understood.

Xianmen Sect is a civil society, where no concept exists of punishing an entire family for the crimes of one individual, and a teacher cannot be implicated for a student’s mistakes.

As for framing Liu Zhiyuan with fabricated charges and bypassing procedures to enforce so-called justice, honestly,

he didn’t have the qualifications.

Moreover, bypassing the law would lead to a terrifying backlash.

If such incidents became commonplace, it would cause severe unrest among the citizens, with trust rapidly diminishing.

While that specific issue might be resolved, the unity and stability within the Xianmen Sect would be lost, potentially leading to a disastrous internal war and immense destruction.

Thud!

The bell signaling the start of class rang, and a dignified woman flew to the stone podium.

”Greetings, Teacher Ouyang.”

The crowd rose and bowed.

”Good day, students, please be seated.”

Ouyang Hui smiled and nodded, picking up the test papers: ”Today, we’ll review the tests from the last examination, focusing on how to allocate and manage mid and low-ranking cultivators in a Daoist Soldier School...”

Her voice, projected through the educational artifact beneath her feet, reached each student’s ears, explaining the issues in their recent exams, and how they could improve.

”Student Jiang Ding’s management method... the effects were quite good.”

Ouyang Hui paused, ”However, it’s too costly in spirit stones, tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones—that’s the net worth of many foundation-building cultivators gone for a single test. It really comes across as being penny-wise but pound-foolish.”

”In the future, try to cut costs, for example, by conscripting mortals in large-scale public work projects like water conservancy, which would not only exercise the administrative capabilities of the new rulers of Li Country but also lower costs—more importantly, it teaches them to fish...”

”Yes, teacher.”

Jiang Ding listened attentively, a model of obedience.

The test reviews lasted five days before they were finally finished.

They covered topics such as people’s livelihood, water conservancy, administrative systems, taxation, official selection, intelligence organization construction, and the rebuilding of Daoist Soldier Schools.

How to establish the internal system within Daoist Soldier Schools, and ensure cooperation among different peaks while maintaining an irremediable centrifugal force between them, it was all-encompassing.

”This is the Ethics and Ideology class from the micro world. Next, we’ll discuss matters relating to the Xianmen Sect.”

Ouyang Hui clapped her hands, drawing everyone’s attention back to a single point of focus, as all gazes turned towards her: ”In this examination, both the Xu’s and the Wang’s major Transmutation God clans became involved. I’ve downloaded the court trial and sentencing records from the internet, take a look.”

She distributed a stack of documents to everyone.

Jiang Ding scanned them with Divine Sense Scanning, recording all relevant information into his Divine Soul in a breath.

Unlike the court documents he had seen before, Ouyang Hui had annotated each offender’s name with their respective identities, experiences, and general histories.

”Do you see any patterns?”

After the students had digested the content of the documents, Ouyang Hui smiled and asked.

”Teacher, I know!”

Jin Lingfeng raised her hand eagerly, saying, ”The main offender, Xu Qiwu, is a descendant of an Transmutation God cultivator brother from the Xu’s, and he attracted a large group of practitioners from the Xu branch families of Xu Jie. Other defendants like Xu Zhengliu are the same; they are all side branch elites of the Xu’s new generation.”

”The Wang’s are the same.”

She declared decisively:

”This time, the Xu’s actions, while risky, with the aim of courting favor from an Extra-terrestrial Immortal Sect and showing loyalty, also clearly indicated their main branch’s intent to eliminate the dissenting other.”

”That’s right; it probably is so.”

Many students nodded in agreement, confronted with such clear intelligence; it was hard not to think further.

”Compared to the direct descendants of the Xu’s, the vastly more numerous side branches indeed have no shortage of talent.”

An Siyan added, ”As far as I know, Beidou University has a Fire Spiritual Root cultivator named Xu Tianwu, but he only practices Classics-grade methods, likely due to a lack of proper cultivation during his growth.”

”It is only at Beidou University that he has the chance to access top-tier education.”

”This is the severe internal strife inherent within the clan structure between the main branch and the side branches.”

A student expressed disdain.

Sky Spiritual Root, is it a good aptitude?

Indeed, it is.

But it also matters where you are born.

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If it were in the Xianmen Sect, with access to the complete system of the Xianmen Sect and a willingness to learn without being lazy, there would be great hope for reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.

But if it’s somewhere else, that’s another story.

One more doesn’t make a difference,

One less doesn’t matter.

”But what of that so-called talent-ridden branch of the Xu’s?”

Ou Daocheng revealed even more confidence, ”The fresh winds of Beidou, a single year’s students from any university can easily crush thousands of years of their talent accumulation.”

”If we regard them as enemies, it’s utterly yawn-inducing, hardly able to raise any excitement.”

”That can’t include Xu’s Transmutation God.”

An Siyan added for him.

”This one is already a dazzling pearl in the educational system of the Xianmen Sect, a Nascent Soul Cultivator with a natural and miraculous endowment. Xu’s didn’t cultivate him; a single individual could crush millions of geniuses.”

”Indeed.”

Everyone’s breath hitched, and they no longer dared to boast.

”It’s good that you students have such a clear understanding,”

Ouyang Hui nodded in satisfaction.

After school.

Jiang Ding ran back to the mining area and practiced cultivation for three days.

Then, without stopping for a break, he rushed to Immortal Dinghai’s Chinese Class to learn various essential knowledge of Foundation Building and Golden Pill cultivation methods, what to be aware of when establishing a foundation, the difficulties, and key points of Golden Pill cultivation methods, and so on.

”There are less than two years left.”

”Your class will be graduating.”

Immortal Dinghai showed a look of emotion and asked, ”What do you know about the eighty-year master’s program of the Xianmen Sect? How is it different from the undergraduate stage?”

”I was just about to ask you for guidance.”

Jiang Ding became serious.

”The biggest difference is that Xianmen Sect’s masters’ students will begin to participate in the research of a branch of Immortal Path science.”

”The choice of this direction is very important as it relates to your future path.”

Immortal Dinghai explained, ”For example, if someone likes commanding air-space combat, then during their master’s, they need to engage in the research and development of Xianmen Sect’s Air-Space Army Formation, assist teachers with some research affairs, and even independently research a small branch of military formation.”

”Many famous figures, like Xu’s Transmutation God, led a renewal in the Xianmen Sect’s Third-rank Military Formation during their master’s study, improving the speed at which the Air-Space Warplane’s formation converges, its response time, and the power of the formation by about ten percent.”

”With these results, he swept the highest scientific progress award within the Xianmen Sect for four hundred years.”

”He truly is a genius bestowed by the heavens.”

Jiang Ding said solemnly.

”For your direction, I recommend you choose the Emergency Excavation specialty of Immortal Path techniques in the Great Sun Sword Pavilion.”

Immortal Dinghai stated directly, ”The best choice for a supervisor would be Professor Zhang Junsheng, a Mid-Stage Nascent Soul cultivator. He hasn’t achieved any significant contributions to influence the Xianmen Sect, so he doesn’t have a Taoist title.”

”However, if you can break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, he will probably have one.”

”Professor Zhang Junsheng?!”

Jiang Ding was invigorated, ”The one who excavated the ’Great Sun Sword Cultivation Method’ from the ruins of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion?”

”That’s him.”

”To be able to research with Professor Zhang Junsheng is an honor for me.”

Jiang Ding said without hesitation.

”That’s good. I’ll pass on the message to him.”

Immortal Dinghai nodded and hinted, ”For the research direction, you could consider a feasibility analysis of combining the Second-Order Electromagnetic Sword Escape with the Foundation Establishment of the Great Sun Swordsmanship, the potential difficulties, how to solve them… things like that.”

”You won’t be able to research it alone; your knowledge isn’t sufficient, but isn’t there Professor Zhang Junsheng and his team?”

”I heard they recently secured a large number of Spirit Stones and library credits…”

”This is completely in accordance with the rules of scientific research in the Xianmen Sect!”

”Understood!”

Jiang Ding’s eyes lit up.